Senate roll call 636 · 92nd Congress · Jun 21, 1972
To amend S. 3419, a bill to protect consumers against unreasonable risk of injury from hazardous products, so as to vest in an administrator for health (in the
On Jun 21, 1972, the Senate voted 32–51 (S 3419). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–39, Republicans 26–16, Others 1–0, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 members voted against their own party.
During the 92nd Congress (1971–1972), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jun 21, 1972
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 39 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 16 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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